Addressing-machine.



E T. WINKLER. ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION mum JULY 5, 1910.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

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UNl TED EHREGOtIT '1. WINKLER; OF KABISAS G31 .33, MESS- 3 Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed July 5, 1910*.

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To all whom it may concern;

Be it: known that I, Enni-toorr T. -lfl ilxic LER,2I citizen of theUnited States, residing and State of Missouri, 'have invented certainnewand useful Improvements in Addressi-ng-lllachines; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear. and exact description of the invention.such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it. ap 'iertainsto make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an addressing machine. and more particularly toa machine for addressing nowspa 'iers, magazines. etc., a great numberof which must be prepared for mailing in a short time after they areprinted.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of the class describedwhich will receive the papers as they come from the press and paste aprinted slip on each paper as it passes through the machine; automaticmechanism being provided for properly spacing the papers, feeding theweb bearing the addresses. and cutting the web into separate addressedslips and pressing the slip onto the paper. in accomplislr ing thisobject 1 have provided the improved details of structure which willpresently be fully described and pointed out in the claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspecification. in which like reference nomerals refer to' like partsthroughout the several views and in which':

Figure l is a side elevation of a machine c 'nstructed according to myinvention. Fig. ll is a similar view without the oil'- bearing basket,the side of the frame b ing removed for better illustration. a tcp planview of the machine. is a front elevation, the receivii'ig ea is a frontview on the line Fig. V1 is a detail view'in central vertical sectioiiof a portion of the cylinder and paper forwarding mechanism. Fig. VII isan end 'view of the cylinder. Fig. VIII is a detail view of the webforwarding and kni e mechanism. Fig-1X is. a cen ral ver- Vlll. Fig. Xis the line 10, Fit.

showing the cam operating the web mecha- 'nism. Fig. XVI is a similarview on the 'line 10-16. Fig. Kill, showing the cam operating the knifemechanism.

Referring more in detail to the parts 2 17 represents a chute or cageinto which the folded papers are ted as they come from the press andwhich curved inwardly at the. bottom as shown in Figs. l an l ln cage17. near the bottoin. a ilatt rm l8, ried by the arms it) w wardlv andare rigidi secured in sockets 20 in the wings each of said. wings beingloosely mounted at its lower end on main shatt 22 by a hearing At theirupper ends. Wings 21 are provided with. bearings 24 through which extendwhich revolve the s atfts said ing revolnbly tnoi tit in sockets inhearings 2:: between bearings miteravheels a laptcd whee s 2? on theends 5 led by the main shaIi 1 extending f traveling in the slot Abearing ant the machine l Cylinder 2a amends almost the entire width ofmachine within the main ear each end,

ir o dien'ictrically opwhich project the are slitlable on rods thecylinder .-:-.rface oi the cylinder an t line distance the dogs shallproject beyond the periphery of the cylinder.

32 are coil springs surrounding rod and. abuting against the flanges 31and the cvliir hub for yieldingly retaining dog's gro ected position.

1 (mt detail view 0t project rcarwhich abut.

fingers being regulated by scre'ws 38 projecting through the tops ofhubs 36 lnto threaded sockets in the ends of shaft 25 Journaled at eachendin a block 39, slidably mounted in the vertical guides 40 on the mamframe above cylinder 28, is a shaft 41 carryiitg a roller- 42 which isnormall held in ylel mg contact with cylinder 28 y the coil springs 43surround1ng the rods 44, which latter extend upwardly. from blocks 39through a perforation in the top of the machine frame,='said springabuttin a ainst said blocks and the under side oft e ame to T 45 is aspur wheel on shaft 41 meshin with a spur wheel 46 on the cylinder sha tand being so adjusted that roller 42 will bedriven through one completerevolution upon each revolution of the cylinder.

When the machineis in operation the revolution of the cylinder causesshafts 25,to be revolved by means of miter-wheels 26 and 27, carryingfingers 37 around between the folds of the bottom paper in the cage, thefurther revolution causing the fin ers and paper to be forwarded betweenthe ogs proect-ing through cylinder 28 and roller 42,

the fingers being so adapted as to make two complete revolutions to onerevolution of the cylinder and meet the dogs 29 on a line perpendicularto the main shaft, so that as the paper is brought forward it is pressedbetween the dogs 29v and roller 42, the springs 43'yielding sufiicientlyto permit the passage of the paper therebetween.

In the rear of the machine is mounted a roller 47 of less diameter thancylinder 28 but with the upper plane of its travel in line with theupper plane of travel of the cylinder, so that the belts 48, which runover said cylinder and roller and over the roller 49, at the rear of themachine, will travel horizontally in their upper paths.

In each side of the main frame and slightly to the rear of roller 47,are the vertical guides '50, in which are mounted the verti callysliding blocks 51 having hearings in which is journaled the shaft 52 ofa roller Loosely fitting in a socket in the blocks 51 are rods 54extending downwardly from the top of the guides; surrounding said rodsand bearing against the tops of the guides and against the blocks arecoil springs 55, adapted to retain blocks 51 in their loweredpositions." 56 is a gear wheel rigid on shaft 52 and meshing with a gearwheel 57 on the shaft 47 of roller 47, and 58 is a chain belt runningover sprocket wheels on the shaft 59 and carried into the machine.

shaft 64 on which are rigidly moun 47 and the main shaft, so that uponthe revolution of the main shaft, the rollers '47 and 53 will also berevolved.

Running over roller 53 and the forward roller 42 is the belt 59, so thatas the pa era are fed into the machine, as before descri d,

they will be caught between the belts 48 and As the paper reaches therollers 47 and 53 it is carried therebetween and roller 53 being heldyieldingly in its lowered position is raised against t e tension of a mua distance substantially equal to t e t ickness'of the paper whencompressd. As roller 53 is raised, its periphery comes in contact withthe peripheries of a set of cam rollers operating the web feeding endknife mechanisms which I will now describe.

In the main frame above guides 50 are similar guides 60 in which aremounted the vertically sliding blocks 61 having the pins 62 and coilsprings 63 arranged and jopentr inghin a; manner similar-5g) thplsedescribed wit re erence to gui e an carrying a ted the cam rollers65-66-67, the roller having in its face a path 68, circular throughoutthe greater part of its length but having a short swell 69. f

Integral with each of blocks don the inner side of the frame is arearwardl proecting dog in which is secured 1, and revolubly mounted onrod 71 is the hub 7 2 of a forwardly rejecting lever arm 73. ()n arm 73is a stu axle 74 which projects into the path 68 in cam 66 and carries aroller 75 adapted to revolve therein. Depending link 76 which isconnected at its lower end with a crank arm 77 rigid on the end of anaxle 78 extending through and projecting from each side of a frame 7ding from the cross brace 80 carried on t e main frame.

Rigid on axle 78 adjacent to crank arm 7 7 is a ratchet wheel 81, andpivoted on the crank arm is a pawl .82 ada ted to engage the teeth ofthe wheel 81. awl 82 has a nose 83 extending over the pawl tooth to beengaged by a plate 84 carried By axle 78, whereby said pawl is thrownout of en ment with the ratchet wheel when the ormer is raised againstplate 84. 85 is a lever on plate 84 by which said plate is adjusted toregulate thesweep of awl 82. On axle 78 within frame79 is a rum 86 andrigid on the forward end of the axle is a hand wheel 87.

Extending upwardly from the sides of cross-brace 80 are the standards88, carrying at their upper ends an axle 89 on which is mounted a drum90 carrying a web 91 from the free end of arm 73 is a III . frameextends across frame 79 118 to t'vhich the blade rollers 941 and andbetween the lower ends of the downvwrdly projecting portion. of frame 79is axially mounted the roller 97.

98 is a belt running over drum 86, rollers 97 and 95 and under theroller 94, the latter acting as a spreader by which the paste dcliveredthrough a tube 99 from a suitable receptacle is evenly distributed onbelt 93. As the web is fed from its carrying drum it travels over anidler 100carried on cross brace and onto the pasted face of belt 98 and,adl'iering thereto, -is carried downwardly. therewith until it comes incontact with'a nose 101 on a cross plate 102 of frame 79, which noseseparates the web from the belt and guides it outwardly through theknife frame and beneath shown in Fig. 1X.

Also rigid on shaft 61 is the cam roller 65, having a path 103 on itsface which is circular throughout the greater part of its length but hasa dip 10% therein. Traveling in path. 103 is a roller 1 carried by thelever arm 106, the hub 107 of which is loose on shaft 71. Pivoted to thefree end of arm the knife blade, as

.106 is the yoke 108 of a crank arm which arm is carried by a block 110,sliding in a box 111. Box 111 has a rearwardly projecting arm 112rigidly secured on a shaft 113 journaled in bearin in and extendingthrough frame 79. lSU rigid on shaft 113 is the crank arm 114 havingpivoted thereto the upper end of the link 115, the lower end of which ispivoted in the yoke 116 on the knife frame 117, which and plate 119 issecured. Plate 118 is beveled at its lower edge and is adapted to pressthe web 91 against the cross piece 102 of frame 79, when the knife islowered to limit the knife.

On frame 117 is the bracket 120 having the forwardly and downwardlyprojecting arm 121 which carries a stub axle 122 on which is looselymounted the roller 123, said roller extending downwardly below knife 119in order that it may press the addressed slip onto the paper and hold itthere as the paper-is being cut.

downward movement of the 124: is a sleeve on aroller 125 revolulolyvmounted between the sides of the main frame against which roller 123presses the paperwhen lowered; roller 125 acting a support for belts $18and belt 59 which conduct the paper through the machine.

On frame 79 is a rearwardly projecting roller 127 adapted to impingeagainst and guide the paper under frame 79.

Box 111 is provided at both top and bot tom with perforations throughwhich is ex tended a threaded adjusting pin 128 which pin extendsthrough and meshes with internal threads in a perforation in block 110.By turnin, 123 forward or back, block 110 may be raised or lowered tosecure a correct adjustment of the knife.

W hen the parts are properly adjusted, an addressed portion of the webis always projected ready to be stamped on a paper, the first operationbeing the lowering of the knife mechanisn'i which presses the slip onthe paper and cuts the slip fromthe web and is then raised to its normalposition; the web forwarding mechanism then operates to feed anotherslip forward; for this reason the (am rollers before described have beenarranged as shown in Figs. and 16 where the roller on the knifeoperating arm is shown on the edge of the cam, dip and ready to operateas soon as the driving mechanism has started in operation; the swell ofthe cam operating the web forwarding mechanism must therefore be inposition to rock lever arm 73 after the knife has been raised to itsnormal position; for this reasonthe swell of cam 66 is in a relativelyopposite position to the dip in cam 65. As the shaft 6 1-, on which thecam rollers are mounted, is ope 'ated by friction with roller 53, afterthelatter has been raised thereagainst, the rollers and cams must be soad justed as to leave the cams in the same position at the end of eachrevolution of the roller, and as a jar of the machine might carry thecams slightly forward or back sufficiently to interfere with theproperoperation, I have provided the following mechanism for retainingshafted in its correct position after each revolution.

()n shaft (34 is the roller 67 having the annular shoulder 129 in whichis a pocket 130 having inclined sides. 131 is a bracket on the adjacentblock 70 carrying a cup 132 through the top of whichproject's the rod133 having its lower end a rounded head 13% adapted to fit within thepocket 130 on shoulder 129; 135 is a collar on rod 133 and 136 is a coilspring surrounding rod 133 within cup 132 and pressing against thecollar 135 to yieldingly retain same against roller 67 and the head ofrod 133 in pocket 130; roller 67 being so arranged that when the camrollers and 66 are in the positions shown in Figs. 15 and 16 the pocketin shoulder 129 will be in its uppermost positi'on with head 134therein; the parts retaining shoulder 129 in this position andpreventing the revolution of shaft 64 until engaged by the lower rolleras before described. shaft 6 1' should the rollers not quite theircorrect position, head 134 will be forced into the pocket in shoulder129 and,

traveling down the inclined sides, will carrythe shaft slightly forwardor back to the correct position. As the paper is passed between rollers17 and 53 itis delivered to an inclined track 137 down which it slidesto an ofi -bearing carriage 138 At a completion of a revolution of gain' carried up again, raising the in use, power is applied to the drivingmechanism and a number of papers placed in the re eiving cage in whichthey descend onto platform 1%: it only a. few papers are led in, theplatform will maintain its upright. position. but should a sullieient,numher be placed in the cage their weight will depress the platform.which is loosely mounted on the cylinder shal't. until the pape'rs reston the curved lower sides ol' the cage, in orderthat the pressure on thebottom paper may be the same no matter how many papers there may he inthe cage.

The miter gear wheel on shaft 25 being always in mesh with the gearwheel on the main cylinder, shaft is constantly revolved no matter\vliat: posit ion the platform may be in and the fingers I)? on saidshat't entering between the folds ol the paper carry the latter forwardbetween the scrrated dogs projecting from the cylinder and the roller 42and between the belts running over said cylinde' and roller which carryit beneath the addressing and knife mechanisms. As the edge of the paperpasses be tween rollers 47 and 5 the "pper roller 525 is raised againstthe cam roller on shaft. til. the friction causing the revolution ofshaft. G l and its rollers. As soon as these parts hegin to revolve, theroller on the knife arin, traveling in the ath in cam roller (55, iscarried downwart ly into the dip 10+. dragging the lever arm 106dmvnwardly and lowering the knife mechanism as described. As thismechanism is lowered the roller 12 and the lower edge of the knife comein contact with the projecting edge of the addressed web, the knifecutting a slip there from which the roller presses onto the paper.

As the dip in cam extends through but a small part of the path. the arm106 is soon knife i'necha nisin to its original position. As the shaft64 continues to revolve, the roller is carried into the swell in the campath on roller 68, and lever arm 73 is raised: such action raising pawl82 againstits ratchet wheel, revolving the drum 86 and feeding the belt98 forward. The belt having received paste from the tllbGBlIll'JiYiflgonto the spreading roller licenses the addressed web, which is rim downfrom the drum above, to adhere thereto and carries it down till it isseparated from the belt by the nose 101 and projected outwardly asuitable distance in front of the knife. The web is adjusted before themachine is started in operation by the hand wheel on shaft 78 and thedistance it is fed forward by each action of the lever arm is determinedby the adjustment. of the plate 84, which raises the pawl 82 out. ofengagement with its ratchet: by dropping the plate it. will engage thepawl alter the ratchethas revolved but a short distan e. causing a Shortfeed, and by raising the plate it will allow the ratchet to be forcedthrough a greater portion of a revolution and permit a tit-eater food.As the cam it; tlflllllllitltffi to revolve, roller TI) and arm 73 areagain lowered and the pawl dropped back to again engage the ratchetready for the next operation. The partsare so adjusted that as the paperpasses out of contact with rollers '17 and 53 and roller ii is droppedtrom contact with the am rollers, the latter will be in the positionl'rom which they tarted and will he. held in such position by the meansdescribed, the spring l lt'i being strong enough to prevent movement ofthe sha l't should the machine be jarred but llexihle enough to beraised when the revolution oli shal't il be ins.

\Vhen the parts are properly adjusted the addressed slips will he placedin the same relative position on each paper and. it so desired, a blankmay be placed on the web between the addresses for dillercnt towns, sothat as the papers are gathered oll' ol' the oll bearing carriage theymay be proj'ierly sorted.

Having thus described my iiiventiomwhat i claim as new herein and desireto secure by Letters Patent. isz-- l. in an addressing machine. thecombina tion with a paper conveying mechanism comprising a sleeve,conveyor belts and means for actuating same, a web forwarding mechanismcomprising a frame. forholding a paper against said sleeve, areciprocaloiy knile tor cutting the web, a roller for holding a severtalportion of the web against the paper traveling on said belts, and a nonmally inert transmitting mechanism for actuating said web forwardingmechanism and knife only while a paper is traveling through the machine.

2. in an addressing machine, the combination with paper conveyingmechanism an means for actuating same, of a web forwarding mechanismcomprising a belt. adapted for feeding a web over said paper conveyingmechanism, a reciprocatory knife for cutting the web, a roller forpressing a severed part of the web against a paper traveling on theconveying mechanism, and

means controlled by a paper passing over the conveying mechanism forsuccessively operating the web forwarding and cutting mechanisms.

3. in an addressing tion of a paper conveying DICHHS f OI actuatingsame. a mechanism located above the of said conveying mechanism. aroller spaced from said conveying mechanism and adapted for drivingconnection therewith when a paper is passed. tlierehetwcen, a cam rollerhaving frictional driving contact with said first named roller. a leverhaving operative connection with said cam roller and adapted machine,the combinemechanism and web forwarding path of travel lltl i to

' means for actuating same,

machine, wings ineaeie for actuating the web forwarding mechanism, andmeans for yieldably locking said cam.

4-. In an addressing machine, the combination with a paper conveyingmechanism and means for actuating same, a web forwarding meclnmismcomprising a belt, means for intermittently actuating said belt, meansfor separating a web from the belt, a reciprocatory knife adapted forsevering a projected portion of the web, means for reciprocating saidknife, and a roller carried by the knife and adapted for pressing thesevered portion of the web against a tion with a paper conveyingmechanism and means for actuating same, a web forwarding mechanismlocated above the paper conveying mechanism, comprising a belt, a meansfor actuating same, rollers for guiding the travel of said belt, meansfor deliving paste to one of said rollers, means for separating a webfrom saidbelt, areciprocatory knife for severing a separated part of theweb, means for actuating said knife, and a roller carried by the knifeand adapted for pressing a severed part of the web carried on the paperconveying mechanism.

(5. In an addressing machine, the combination with a paper conveyingmechanism and of a web forwardmg mechanism comprising a plurality ofrollers, a belt running over said rollers, a ratchet fixed to one of therollers, apawl adapted for engagement with said ratchet and having anupturned nose, a plate covering part of the ratchet and adapted forengagement by the pawl nose, and means for adjusting said plate, a knifefor severing a web, .means for actuating the knife, and means forpressing a severed web portion upon a paper.

In an addrcssing machine, a cylinder, means for conveying a paperthrough the machine, wings revolubly mounted on the cylinder shaft, apaper supporting platform carried by said wings, paper forwardingmechanism carried by said wings, means on said cylinder for operatingsaid forwarding mechanism, a conveyer, and web forwarding, cutting andaflixing mechanisms operable from the conveyer.

8. In an addressing machine, a cylinder, means for conveying a paperthrough the revoluble on the cylinder revolubly mounted on papertraveling on the conveying mechanism.

5. In an addressing machine, the combmaagainst a paper shaft, a papersupporting platform car" by said wings, paper forwarding mechanism saidwings, means on said cylinder for operating said forwarding mechanism, aweb forwarding and cutting mechanism located over the conveyer, andnormally inert transmitting mechanism connected with the web feeding andcutting parts and adapted for actuation by a paper passing over theconveyer.

9. In an addressing machine, a cylinder having circmnferential slots,rods loosely mounted in the cylinder hub, dogs carried by said rods andprojecting through said slots, flanges on said dogs abutting against theinner surface of the cylinder,'co1l springs surrounding said rods andpressing said flanges, paper forwarding means operated by said cylinder,means for conveying a paper through the machine, web forwarding andcutting mechanism mounted above the conveyer, and arms operable from thepaper conveyer for actuating said web forwarding and cuttingliiarts.

10. In an addressing machine, in combination with a paper conveyingmechanism, a web forwarding mechanism operable from the paper conveyingmechanism, a rock s'hafty a crank arm rigid on said rock shaft, asliding" knife frame connected with said crank arm, a bracket rigid onsaid rock shaft, a blockin said bracket, means for ad usting said block,means connected with said block for rocking said bracket, and

means for affixing a severed web section on a paper.

11. In an addressing machine, in combination with a paper conveyingmechanism, a web forwarding mechanism, a 'shaft mountedin a suitablefran'ie, a crank arm rigid on said shaft, a sliding knife frameconnected with said crank arm, a bracket rigid on said shaft, :1 blockin said bracket, a set screw extending through threaded perforations insaid block and in the top and bottom of said bracket, means connectedwith said block and operable from the mechanism for rocking saidbracket, and means for affixing a severed web section on a paper.

In testimony whereof I aitiX- my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EHREGOTT T. VVINKLER. Witnesses MYRTLE M. JACKSON, FRANK RosEnERNY.

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